Software keeps crashing entire Switch after update 26.20

Same here, since the update I can’t play anymore. Everything was working perfectly before, and now I keep getting error code 2168-0002.

Struggled with this for hours on Switch under Child A’s account - spent 45 mins on their customer support before they redirected me here.
I had deleted reinstalled the game, factory reset my switch, checked for corrupted hardware, etc etc. and still had the same error code.

Since the updated version was working fine on my PC, I went back to the switch and tried logging in to my own account on Switch. Minecraft loaded just fine, and when I logged back into Child A’s account, the game was working fine again.
Not sure if fluke, or something getting jammed up with one account but we are a happy crafting household again

By the way, I also reset the console to factory settings, thinking that it was a problem with the Switch - it turned out to be a problem with the program (in this case, with Minecraft). And sometimes this error (critical error 2168-0002, in which the console cannot continue to work) appears either in the main menu of the Minecraft game (I just do nothing and an error appears, in this video:

), or on the screen for selecting my world, or in the world itself!

I'm even afraid to install the new version (currently 1.26.20, which is problematic) of Minecraft on my little sister's tablet. I really want to play with my sister (otherwise, was it a mistake to buy a Nintendo Switch Online for 1 year?).....…

I have had this happen four times just now. I am on a Lite

Same issue, this has gotta be fixed

I have to assume this is some kind of RAM issue the software is causing.

Every other online game works fine for hours so it is definitely a Minecraft problem specifically, not your hardware.

After the .20 update, trying to load anything while it’s trying to log into the Microsoft account may cause you to see this crash.

You need to leave the game alone to load the account fully before doing anything else which is obviously not how it should be.

Update: Doesn’t seem to matter whether or not the Switch is docked (Error message appears more undocked, though).

I’ll refer to soft crashes as when the game simply closes by itself, kicking you to the Switch Home Screen.

​Revised Workaround: Must be done before the error message appears (so undocked is much faster in this case).

• As soon as you are able to move/navigate in the Main Menu, quickly select Settings.

• Scroll down to & select (press A or touch) Account.

• Select Sign-in if your switch is still struggling to (you can tell if you’re signed in if your character skin’s face appears & the Sign-in button is replaced by Manage).

• If a freeze happens (BGM still playing, but you can’t move), press the Home button twice to force load.

• If everything seems stable, turn off resource/texture packs (I’m playing on Actions & Stuff. Full Experience causes the error message as well as soft crashes to appear more often than Vanilla Experience).

Even if I get past all this, there's a chance of a soft crash happening during gameplay, ranging from 2 mins to around 2-3 hrs in.

Thank you for your patience and continuing to keep the ticket updated with any new information.

We have made some back end changes which we hope will mitigate this crashing issue - could you please let us know if the issue is still occurring for you?

Hello Mega_Spud (Jay)! Have you updated Minecraft for Nintendo Switch? I just saw your comment and thought you had updated (but there's no update prompt on the Nintendo Switch console).

Can you please tell me when and what time the Minecraft for Nintendo Switch update will be released?